Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1981


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The Silver Badge is intended to develop the self-reliance of the new soaring pilot.   Earning the Silver Badge requires that the pilot complete a flight over a straight course of at least 50 km, an altitude gain of at least 1,000 meters, and a duration flight of at least five hours.


4134 John A. Armor
4133 Peter Keleman
4132 Ingo Kuenzel
4131 Cass Sumrall
4130 Donald Rumbaugh
4129 Julius Rubinstein
4128 John S. Watson
4127 Gordon W. Anderson
4126 Victor A. Sorlie³
4125 Hector E. Iglesias
4124 James Henersan
4123 Donald Edam
4122 H. Gerard Gaudet
4121 Harvey L. Howell
4120 Arnold Nelson
4119 James A. Zapata
4118 Jeffrey K. Kilcourse
4117 Ricky W. Gray
4116 James W. Rusk, III
4115 Kyle B. McEwen
4114 Manfred A.R. Wenzel
4113 John Halcraw
4112 Claude E. Leibensberger³
4111 Joachim P. Stuart
4110 John R. Laird
4109 William Nicolai
4108 Gerald L. Forrest
4107 David E. Fleishman³
4106 Douglas A. Johnson
4105 Melvin E. Pollard
4104 Danny L. Pavish
4103 Mark F. Palmer
4102 Ira A. Blieden
4101 Robert C. Beach
4100 Joe Downey
4099 Edward C. Thunen
4098 David A. Kleinman
4097 Gorden J. Munro
4096 Roger W. Brewer
4095 Thomas Nagy
4094 William W. Cooper
4093 La Verna G. Watts²
4092 Benjamin F. Emge
4091 Mark A. Conner
4090 Rob Sjostedt
4089 Karl H. Krueger
4088 Eugene L. Krasnoff
4087 Janell A. Marker
4086 Jerry G. Mercer
4085 Paul Skrotzki
4084 Ronald Sjolander
4083 Carl Fishel
4082 Ray Cornay³
4081 Joseph Balazs
4080 Wm. Thrall
4079 Louis Glaab
4078 Joshua Glaab
4077 Cesar A. Sepulveda-Nunez
4076 Nick Stanich³
4075 John Rankine
4074 Gregory Randall
4073 Gale Henslee
4072 Arthur Hartley³
4071 Martha Franklin²
4070 Jeanne Cole-Murray²
4069 Roy T. Williams
4068 Steven Schwartz
4067 Berri G. Powers
4066 Michael Kouche
4065 Mark W. Grainger
4064 Norma Faulkner Ravnsburg²
4063 William Ferguson
4062 Robert F. O'Grady
4061 Jean-Claude Batault
4060 Mark G. Nelson
4059 Gerald A. Baseden
4058 J. Robert Gassie
4057 Lawrence P. Lichina
4056 Dale A. Fletcher
4055 Ronald B. Webster
4054 Sid R. Anderson
4053 John H. Zimmerman
4052 Willard H. Rupp
4051 Deborah L. Blackmon²
4050 Ian P. McFall
4049 Herbert J. Boisso
4048 Jack S. Noble
4047 Henry F. Krejci
4046 Joseph M. McDace
4045 Richard S. Asdel
4044 Michael W. Humphreys
4043 Raymond L. Anctil³
4042 Gerry O. Sibley
4041 Robert G. Carlsan
4040 Bruce Thalheimer
4039 Cecilia Garcia²
4038 Baurbon B. Rouse
4037 Stephen J. Volk
4036 John M. Murray
4035 E. Philip Schacht
4034 Peter R. Mozer
4033 Roy A. Bourgeois
4032 Richard T. Benbrook
4031 Wayne Catto
4030 John T. Ayers
4029 Carol L. Deihl²
4028 Prabhat Seth
4027 Larry W. Howell
4026 Jackson B. Wood
4025 Scott G. Walker
4024 Stanley K. Russell
4023 Donald L. Reid
4022 William F. Hannahan
4021 Allan C. Northcutt
4020 Chip Harrell
4019 Chris H. Bentley
4018 Dale Gordon
4017 Randy Kilmer
4016 J. Michael Sanders
4015 Dennis R. Galotti
4014 Arthur Cofod
4013 John J. Murphy
4012 Richard E. White
4011 Mark A. Macaulay
4010 Michael C. Eaton
4009 Gerald G. Gibbs, Jr.
4008 Geoffrey S. Russell
4007 William E. Colliver
4006 Harold G. Smith
4005 Vincent J. Lawrence

² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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